National Career Technical Education Foundation dba Center to Advance CTE
To conduct two research projects with the goal of informing policy related to career pathways for students
2022
Education
$150,000
Latinx Education Center
To support community engagement and the co-creation of community education priorities and coordinate sub-grants of up to $100,000 in Alamance County, NC
To support state policy advocacy work and the creation of model policy for high-dosage tutoring
2022
Education
$250,000
EducationSuperHighway
To support research, state educational policy advocacy and effective implementation of programs aimed at closing the digital divide in America's most unconnected communities
2022
Education
$200,000
American Compass, Inc.
To launch a series of publications, educate policymakers and the public and raise public awareness and support around policies
2022
Education
$100,000
Education Strategy Group, LLC
To develop and manage a grant program to address the lack of quality information and guidance for high schools regarding career pathways that lead to equitable labor market outcomes, specifically those that lead to quality jobs with family-sustaining wages and opportunities for advancement and how best to navigate those pathways as they transition from K-12 to postsecondary and into the workforce
2022
Education
$226,100
University of Arkansas
To survey K-12 public school teachers to better understand their knowledge and preferences with respect to retirement benefits
To support a local education reform agenda across mature cities nationally, including six where WFF has long made direct investments (Atlanta, Denver, Indianapolis, New Orleans, San Antonio and Washington, DC)
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences
To support high-quality empirical research in K-12 education policy which is responsive to policymaker needs and in turn informs policymaking through enhanced dissemination and policymaker convenings
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
To analyze the academic performance of charter management organizations across more than 30 states in recent years using student-level assessment data and a rigorous matching technique to estimate schools' impacts on student learning
To launch a national catalytic investment strategy that will position community colleges as hubs of driving innovation between education and employment
To build out the Alpha Community Education Initiative (ACEI), an education equity advocacy platform based in Alpha Phi Alpha's Western Region (Alpha West)
